Category: Economy

Wherever I look at US policy, foreign or domestic, I see only insanity, ignorance, and incompetence. Take the issue of tariffs, which is Trump’s mistaken approach to bringing the jobs back home. The tariff “solution”…

Trillions of dollars in Pentagon spending have just disappeared into thin air. The Pentagon failed its first ever audit last year. There is so much off-the-books spending that no one has a clue where it’s…

“Today, more than half of the $80 billion spent annually on incarceration by government agencies is used to pay the thousands of vendors that serve the criminal legal system.” A new report provides information on…

While the crazed and corrupt people who comprise the Democratic Party and US print and TV media continue to insist that Russiagate is real, a very real threat is emerging in Russia, China, North Korea,…

Beijing promises an investment deal by next year, to curb industrial subsidies and the need for tech transfers, while the EU promises its own transport network Sparks did fly in Brussels, but in the end…

Is there a chance to defeat the forces of neoliberal fascism? Henry A. Giroux explains why we must understand the historical and contemporary context of fascism to understand what we are up against. Mark Karlin:…

The Syrian National News Agency headlined on February 26th, “Gold deal between United States and Daesh” (Daesh is ISIS) and reported that, Information from local sources said that US army helicopters have already transported the gold bullions…

… What is called “socialism with Chinese characteristics” looks more and more like the Western debt-collapse model on steroids. … China’s credits to various countries along its much-discussed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the most…

I have learned from Andrei Martyanov that southfront.org’s report misinterprets the Russian VCIOM poll. The poll asked who is the most trusted politician in Russia. Putin was first according to 32.6% of respondents , Shoigu with 15.6% of…

Dollar Hegemony, Again The United States Entity lost the war in Iraq. That fact determines the Entity’s position in the Middle East today. After having destroyed Saddam’s army and dispossessing the Sunnis in favor of…